Aycock, Victor Wallace

Rank and Name, Aerographer’s Mate First Class Victor Wallace Aycock.

Unit/Placed in, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) Carrier, United States Navy.

Aerographer’s Mate First Class

A warrant officer in the U.S. Navy whose duties include the observation of weather and the preparation of weather and surf forecasts.

Wallace is born approx. on 11 Sep. 1918 in Paris, Texas.

Father, Homer Aycock.

Mother, Annie L. (Davis) Aycock.

Sister(s), Ida F. Aycock.

Brother(s), Clarence H. Aycock.

Spouse, Josephine M. Aycock.

Victor enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 3467317.

Victor was KIA during the Battle for Iwo Jima when the USS Bismarck Sea Sunk by two Kamikaze hits on Feb. 21, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Victor is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/095.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker